octopus Fishmonger buys 70-pound octopus just to set it free Rusty Blazenhoff

History How a businessman's hunch became New Age gospel Ellsworth Toohey

Games Dead by Daylight snaps up another horror icon Grant St. Clair

literature Granta published a likely AI-written story as a prize finalist Ellsworth Toohey

Weird Caracas has a mysterious black highway goo that has killed 1,800 people Ellsworth Toohey

a neighborly day in this beauty wood Tiny Chef sings "Won't You Be My Neighbor" and the internet's blood pressure drops Jason Weisberger

News Safeway blames a "wood pulp shortage" for its handleless paper bags Ellsworth Toohey

Games Atari buys rights to RPG classic Wizardry Rob Beschizza

Science Down the Rabbit Hole profiles pseudoscience's most reasonable-sounding perpetual motion crank Grant St. Clair

Science A 1946 plan to feed a billion people with sawdust Ellsworth Toohey

music What if Tom Waits was a blender? This animator asked Jennifer Sandlin

crime France puts Freemasons on trial for hit squad murders Ellsworth Toohey

politics Judge halts construction of Trump ballroom Rob Beschizza

television Mister Rogers is coming to YouTube and not a moment too soon Gail Sherman

GM's shiny tomorrow came with a very dark underside Jason Weisberger

Science Johns Hopkins lecturer paints 1,150 cigarettes after psilocybin trip Ellsworth Toohey

anatomy Swiss canton to keep bear penis on coat of arms Rob Beschizza

art Victorian girl's sketchbook turns her cat Mouton into a playful fantasy hero Popkin

books John Shirley's guide to wrecking your career in science fiction John Shirley

Culture Bald Mr Clean mascot "retired" Rob Beschizza